The Honey Baked Ham Company on Jackson Drive serves La Mesa's Grossmont area from a retail-deli hybrid stocking the chain's signature spiral-sliced bone-in hams alongside turkey breasts, sandwich combos, and heat-and-serve holiday sides. Each ham is smoked for up to 24 hours over a proprietary hardwood-chip blend and finished with a hand-applied sweet-and-crunchy glaze, a process that parallels the artisan curing approach at BMH Italian across the La Mesa deli scene. The parent brand traces to 1957 Detroit, where founder Harry J. Hoenselaar patented the original spiral-slicing machine after building a prototype from scrap wood, a tire jack, and a washing machine motor. This Jackson Drive location doubles as a catering depot, assembling boxed-lunch trays with Tavern Club sandwiches, chef salads, and Deep River kettle chips for corporate and event orders that compete in the same volume tier as Aromas of India's multi-course catering packages. The deli counter builds each sandwich on a choice of seven bread options including croissant, marble rye, and Hawaiian roll, layered with proprietary hickory honey mustard and chipotle mayo.